- Date
- May 2, 1977
- Place
- Mendon, MI · MENDON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N500KRBeagle 206S2
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770502030329A
- Case key
- 147194
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2105 77/5/2 MENDON,MI BEAGLE 206S2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 609 TIME - 0925 N500KR PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 390 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC MI KALAMAZOO MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500KR
- Reported as
- Beagle 206S2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kalamazoo Municip
N500KRRegistration cancelled Nov 11, 1977 · Beagle B.206 SERIES 2Airframe modelBeagle B.206 SERIES 2
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.